Love is not a feeling. It's a capability.

The more precisely you note, the more clearly you understand. The more clearly you understand, the stronger your insight becomes.

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

Whoever told you that practice and enlightenment are separate?

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.

The ultimate revolution is the spiritual revolution, where we learn to see reality as it truly is.

The menu is not the meal.

Should you desire the great tranquility, prepare to sweat white beads.

Life is an art, and like perfect art it should be self-forgetting.

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

When we understand others, we understand ourselves. When we love others, we love ourselves.

The practitioner and practice are like fire and wood. The more you practice, the more you burn.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who we think we should be, but about unbecoming who we are not.

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, just as ice and water are of the same substance.

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.

The real purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

Love is the wish that others be happy, and compassion is the wish that they be free from suffering.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

Every sensation shares the same characteristic - arising, passing. Arising, passing. Learn to observe objectively.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.

The practice is not about achieving special states but about seeing ordinary experience with extraordinary clarity.

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral, those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness, like they who lick the honey from a razor's edge.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

The basic idea of Zen is to come in touch with the inner workings of our being, and to do this in the most direct way possible, without resorting to anything external or superadded.

Face your own anger and you will be free from anger. Face your own fears and you will be free from fear.

Zen in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.

If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here. Live in the present moment with awareness.